Jill Abramson, former executive editor of The New York Times, has “very few regrets” about her tenure at the paper, she said Tuesday in her first broadcast interview since her public firing.
“I look back on it with a lot of pride. I had a wonderful time (at the paper), I loved being both a reporter and an editor there,” she told Pat Kiernan and Rita Cosby, co-hosts of 77WABC show “The Ride Home.”
Abramson, 60, was abruptly fired from her executive editor spot by Times' publisher Arthur Sulzberger in May — allegedly over her rough edges in the newsroom and her complaints when she discovered she was being paid less than her male predecessor.
The veteran journalist said it had been tough on her when the news broke — and she found herself the topic of the day's headlines[…]
Abramson, who was scheduled to give a speech later Tuesday for The Common Good, a nonpartisan reform coalition, loosened up when the talk turned to the state of political reporting.
She expressed concerns that social media had elevated the importance of "momentary buzz" over real, on-the-ground political reporting.
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